It is nearly two months away from the Lunar New Year festival butmanufacturers and retailers across the capital city of Hanoi are pilingup goods for the occasion.
The total value of merchandise forthe New Year holiday is estimated at 16 trillion VND (761 million USD),mostly pork meat, fresh seafood and vegetables, according to themunicipal Department of Industry and Trade.
Ho Quoc Nguyen,Director of Public Relations at Big C supermarket, said the purchasingpower is expected to increase 15 percent from last year’s same period,adding that confectionery are plentiful, including popular and premiumbrands of Kinh Do, Trung Nguyen, Vinamit and Hai Ha.
Big C also stores up 420 tonnes of fresh meat, and fruits of various kinds from the Mekong Delta.
The Hanoi Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco) plans to put145 million litres of Hanoi and Truc Bach-branded beer up for sale.
The Hai Ha and Trang An confectionery companies turned out 8,500 and 2,700 tonnes of sweeties and jams, respectively.
Businesses involving in the city’s price stabilisation scheme plan tosell 4,000 tonnes of rice, 900 tonnes of pork meat, 450 tonnes ofchicken and duck meat, 5.5 million eggs, 200 tonnes of frozen seafood,1,500 litres of cooking oil, and 1,500 tonnes of vegetables.
Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade TranThi Phuong Lan assured that between now and the Lunar New Year, therewill not be a dramatic price hike.
To shore up demand,shopping malls and supermarkets such as Big C, Hapro, Vinmart, Fivimart,Intimex and Metro offer thousands of products at discounts, not tomention other value deals.
To keep a check on supply andprices, the department will direct market management units to crack downon speculation phenomena and check points-of-sale that offer itemslisted in the price stabilisation scheme.-VNA
The total value of merchandise forthe New Year holiday is estimated at 16 trillion VND (761 million USD),mostly pork meat, fresh seafood and vegetables, according to themunicipal Department of Industry and Trade.
Ho Quoc Nguyen,Director of Public Relations at Big C supermarket, said the purchasingpower is expected to increase 15 percent from last year’s same period,adding that confectionery are plentiful, including popular and premiumbrands of Kinh Do, Trung Nguyen, Vinamit and Hai Ha.
Big C also stores up 420 tonnes of fresh meat, and fruits of various kinds from the Mekong Delta.
The Hanoi Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco) plans to put145 million litres of Hanoi and Truc Bach-branded beer up for sale.
The Hai Ha and Trang An confectionery companies turned out 8,500 and 2,700 tonnes of sweeties and jams, respectively.
Businesses involving in the city’s price stabilisation scheme plan tosell 4,000 tonnes of rice, 900 tonnes of pork meat, 450 tonnes ofchicken and duck meat, 5.5 million eggs, 200 tonnes of frozen seafood,1,500 litres of cooking oil, and 1,500 tonnes of vegetables.
Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade TranThi Phuong Lan assured that between now and the Lunar New Year, therewill not be a dramatic price hike.
To shore up demand,shopping malls and supermarkets such as Big C, Hapro, Vinmart, Fivimart,Intimex and Metro offer thousands of products at discounts, not tomention other value deals.
To keep a check on supply andprices, the department will direct market management units to crack downon speculation phenomena and check points-of-sale that offer itemslisted in the price stabilisation scheme.-VNA
